Boustany urges Louisiana to tap into federal Medicaid plan

9:02 AM,
Jul. 3, 2013

U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., speaks Tuesday to members of the Rotary Club of North Lafayette.

Written by

KEN STICKNEY
The Daily Advertiser

LAFAYETTE -- If U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany had his druthers, Louisiana would expand Medicaid coverage in the state under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and would relish its role of reforming Medicaid into a "21st century program," setting an example to the rest of the nation.

Boustany, R-Lafayette, never mentioned Gov. Bobby Jindal by name, but his Tuesday remarks clearly suggested that Boustany differed with his fellow Republican, who has declined to expand Medicaid in Louisiana, decrying Medicaid's model of medicine as being "inflexible."